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The Biblical ḥerem : a window on Israel's religious experience / Philip D. Stern.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stern, Philip D., author.
- Series:
- Brown Judaic studies ; no. 211.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
- Brown Judaic studies ; 211
- ACLS Humanities E-Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Excommunication--Biblical teaching.
- Excommunication.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "A groundbreaking, and controversial, examination of the herem, a biblical mode of declaring something (objects, people, cities) proscribed. Stern here reconstructs how the herem relates to other modes of thinking, in the Hebrew Bible and elsewhere in the Ancient Near East."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introductory: Philological observations on the root ḤRM
- Implications of the Mesha inscription
- Previously suggested parallels
- Further parallels
- A Mari letter
- The Utuḫegal inscription
- Hittite
- The dIdi-Sin inscription
- Ugarit
- Egypt: Osorkon, high priest of Thebes
- The book of Deuteronomy
- The Deuteronomic Ḥerem and the lists of nations
- Deut 13:13-19
- Deut 7:25-6
- The last battles of Moses; Sihon and Og
- The Tetrateuch
- Exodus 20:19
- Priestly writings
- Num 21:1-3
- Joshua-Judges
- Joshua 6
- Joshua 7-8
- Joshua 9
- Joshua 10-11
- The book of Judges
- Samuel-Kings
- I Samuel 15
- I Kings 20:42
- I Kings 9:20-22
- 2 Kings 19:11 / Isa 37:11
- Literary prophets
- Isaiah 34
- Isaiah 11:15
- Isaiah 43:28
- Jeremiah 25:9
- Jeremiah 50-1
- Micah 4:13
- Malachi 3:24 and Zechariah 14:11
- The writings
- Ezra 10:8
- The book of Chronicles and Daniel.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.
- "This edition contains a new preface that responds to several reviews and reflects further on the ongoing scholarly conversation. The original text is unchanged."--Publishers' preface.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (ACLS Humanities E-Book, viewed on August 4, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Stern, Philip D. Biblical ḥerem.
- ISBN:
- 9781951498665
- 1951498666
- 9781951498672
- 1951498674
- OCLC:
- 1154052910
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
- Some versions Open access versions available from some providers open access
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